EXPLANATORY INDEX
OF
ALLUSIONS, USAGES, WORDS, AND PHRASES.
A (printed 'a or a') is used instead of 'e for he when h is suppressed. Introd. p. [53].
Able (Lear, iv. 6), enable, back, maintain, support. "Admitted! aye into her heart. I'll able 'em" (Chapman, Widow's Tears, ii); "You might sit and sigh first till your heart-strings broke. I'll able it" (ib. iv.).
Absey (K. John i. 1), the a b c or alphabet. The a was perhaps pronounced as in continental languages.
Accommodate (2 H. IV. iii. 2), to be provided, to be off, like accommoder, Fr. "J'ai découvert qu'elles ne sont pas fort accommodées" (i.e. not in very good circumstances) (Molière, Avare, i. 2).
Affection (Mer. of Ven. iv. 1, v. 1, W. Tale, i. 2), conceit, imagination. "Lo, which a great thing is affectioun! A man may dye for ymaginacioun" (Chauc. Miller's Tale).